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DC Cancels Heterosexual Robin in The Daily LITG, 23rd of December 2025

DC Cancels Heterosexual Robin in The Daily LITG, for the 23rd of December, 2025

DC Cancels Heterosexual Robin (Again) was the most-read story on Bleeding Cool yesterday, again. Lying In The Gutters is the daily runaround for the most-read stories the day before, as well as over the past seven years. Founded over sixteen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip for a further eighteen years before that, Bleeding Cool has become one of the longest-standing and most well-known pop culture websites around. The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running runaround the day before and possibly the day ahead. In summary, you can sign up to receive Lying In The Gutters as an email here. And maybe you just have.

DC Cancels Heterosexual Robin (Again) and the top ten stories from yesterday

1. DC Cancels Heterosexual Robin (And His Dad) Comic After Only 30 Issues
2. 60 Minutes: Pulled Trump/CECOT Segment Airs on Global TV in Canada
3. Who Is Inside The Red And Blue Venom Suit In 2026? Not Mary Jane…
4. Bleeding Cool Presents: IDW's March 2026 Full Solicits & Solicitations
5. They're Doing It Again With Absolute Martian Manhunter This Week
6. Jim Lee Trolls The Internet Over Superman And Spider-Man Crossover
7. Paul Jenkins & Lucas Werneck Launch Captain Marvel Dark Pasts in April
8. Big Time Spoilers For DC's K.O. Tournament This Week…
9. Dan Slott Writes The Fantastic Four Movie Prequel From Marvel For 2026
10. DC Cancels Heterosexual Robin Comic After 17 Issues as Sales Fall Flat

And some other stories I wrote yesterday:

• Webtoon, Kodansha And IDW "Comics Giveaway Day" Details
• Did YouTube Algorithm Show You Absolute Wonder Woman #15 In Full Yet?
• Absolute & DC's K.O. In The Top Twenty Anticipated Titles For The Week
• Mark Spears' Monsters: Midknight Man in Keenspot March 2026 Solicits
• Jim Lee Trolls The Internet in The Daily LITG, 22nd December 2025

In LITG one year ago, Alien: Earth's first three episodes

1. Alien: Earth "Feels Huge;" Hawley Series' First 3 Episodes "Excellent"
2. Doctor Who: Fourth Doctor Tom Baker Posts Christmas Message for Fans
3. Marvel In 2025 We're Getting An Ultimate Incursion
4. Yellowstone Finale Proved John Dutton was "The Big Bad" All Along
5. The Handmaid's Tale Final Season in The Daily LITG, 21st December 2024
6. The Rookie Season 7 Ep. 1 "The Shot" Preview Images, Overview Released
7. Marvel In 2025 Asks Who Waits Within The Last Egg?
8. Alien: Earth's First 3 Episodes in The Daily LITG, 22nd December 2024
9. The Handmaid's Tale Final Season "Pretty Chilling But Also Exciting"
10. Marvel In 2025: XVX- X-Men Vs X-Men And The 3K Gene Bomb
11. Marvel In 2025: Utgard Rises but Who Is The Man With The Hammer?
12. Marvel In 2025: The Ghost Fist Walks
13. Marvel In 2025…. Ms Marvel To Get A Second Genesis
14. Marvel In 2025 Asks What Became Of Emily Bright?
15. Marvel In 2025 – The Dormammu Invasion Of Earth

LITG two years ago, X-Men Of Future Yet To Come

1. More Marvel Timeless Teases For The X-Men In 2024 (Spoilers)
2. Marvel Comics' Full March 2024 Solicits Begins With Ultimate X-Men
3. Another Marvel Timeless Tease: Punisher Vs Punisher In 2024?
4. Marvel's Timeless Teases The Future Of Doctor Strange For 2024
5. ARK: Survival Ascended Releases Winter Wonderland Event
6. Doctor Who: Here's Why Disney Lists Christmas Special as "Special 4"
7. Bleeding Cool Scoop: Marvel Will Relaunch X-Men In July 2024
8. Joe Rogan Fact-Checked During Show Over Biden/Trump Misinformation
9. Timeless Teases The Return Of Terror Inc To Marvel For 2024
10. I Heart Skull-Crusher #1 in Boom Studios' Full March 2024 Solicits0
11. Comic Creators Who Got Special Thanks in Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom
12. Dave Sim to Publish "Facsimile Cerebus The Aardvark" #1 in March 2024
13. Thistlebone Returns in Rebellion/2000AD March 2024 Solicits
14. Rebel Moon: House Of Blood Axe Continues In Titan March 2024 Solicits
15. Fred Perry's Gold Digger Returns in Antarctic's March 2024 Solicits
16. Dudley Datson And Minor Threats In Dark Horse March 2024 Full Solicits
17. Britannia, Livewire & Secret Weapons in Valiant March 2024 Solicits
18. One Piece & ThunderCats On The Cover of Next Week's Previews Catalog
19. Once In A Blue Moon, The Daily LITG, 22nd of December 2023

LITG three years ago, Marvel Comics Full March 2023 Solicits – All Of Them

1. Marvel Comics Full March 2023 Solicits – All Of Them
2. Mark Millar To Spin-Off 3 Series From Big Game & Superman in 2024
3. In March, Marvel Will Reveal What Spider-Man Did That Was So Bad
4. Station Eleven: Patrick Somerville's DVD Story Has Happy Ending
5. The Orville: After Nearly 5 Months, Did Disney Forget About Season 4?
6. It's Avengers Vs Black Panther As John Ridley Finishes His Run
7. The Sandman Releases Dream/Death Deleted Scene for The Holidays
8. Futurama Star John DiMaggio Says Hulu Revival "Still Funny As S**t"
9. Stranger Things Invited to James Cameron's Passive-Aggressive Party
10. Indiana Jones 5: Director James Mangold on Mutt, Prologue & More
11. ABLAZE Manga Announces Three New Titles for Spring 2023
12. Jamie Lee Curtis & Conan Come To Titan Comics March 2023 Solicits
13. PrintWatch: Spawn/Batman Gets Seconds
14. A Christmas Miracle For Comic Creator Gustavo Vargas
15. Trans Mutants Escapade & Red Morgan In New Mutants Lethal Legion
16. Sandman #1 Was The Most-Read Comic On DC Universe Infinite In 2022
17. James Gunn & Young Justice in The Daily LITG, 22nd December 2022

LITG four years ago, Jaws Vs Orca

1. Jaws Takes on the Orca Ship with Iron Studios Newest $3000 Statue
2. The Sopranos Creator David Chase Ties Up Some Series Loose Ends
3. Was The Original DC Comics Robin Based On PJ Harvey?
4. Full Marvel Comics March 2022 Solicits And Solicitations
5. Hasbro Reveals Star Wars: Battlefront II Umbra Operative ARC Trooper
6. Krakoa Secrets, Lies & Resurrections In Today's X-Men Comics Spoilers
7. Destiny Of X And Scarlet Witch Teasers In Today's X-Men Comics
8. How I Met Your Father Profile Posters Introduce HIMYM Spinoff's Cast
9. Robert Atkins On The Downside Of Licensed Comics Like GI Joe
10. Hawkeye Finale Poster Shows One Figure Overshadowing Them All
11. Donny Cates & Martin Coccolo Crosses Over Hulk & Thor In April 2022
12. Former DC Superman Editor Mike Cotton Joins AWA As Executive Editor
13. Emma Kubert Launches New Comic, Brush Stroke, From Tapas
14. Valiant Launches New ArmorClads Comic – But Who is JJ O'Connor?
15. Marvel Changes Digital Code Rules, 2 Week Delay, Photo Of Each Comic
16. Magdalene Visaggio On The Comics Editorial Process From Hell
17. Robert Atkins On The Downside Of Licensed Comics Like GI Joe
18. Jim Rugg To Show Puny Readers Hulk is the Grandest Design There Is!
19. Thor's Struggle with Impotence Will Have a Casualty in Thor #23
20. Chris Claremont's X-Treme X-Men Finally Gets an Omnibus
21. John Werner Replaces Travis McIntire As EIC Of Source Point Press
22. Today's Avengers Explore The Madness Of The Multiverse (Spoilers)
23. Kang Gets The Wrong Date For Marvel's Timeless #1
24. Cock Robin To Jenny Wren In The Daily LITG, 22nd Of December 2021

LITG five years ago, Pokémon GO, Zack Snyder, Superman Prime

1. Shiny Legendary Pokémon That Have Yet To Be Released In Pokémon GO
2. Zack Snyder Wants To Write A Jim Lee Comic In Which Joker Kills Robin
3. Superboy-Prime, Still Making Changes In Death Metal (Spoilers)
4. WWE TLC Results: Randy Orton Murders Bray Wyatt Live on PPV
5. The Mandalorian: Mark Hamill Chimes in on Season Two Finale
6. Pokémon GO's Best & Worst of 2020: Worst Shiny Releases
7. Cobra Kai, The Karate Kid Cast Reunion Looks to Sweep Hunger's Leg
8. Let's Take A Look At Some New Hasbro Marvel Legends & Retro Figures
9. Riverdale Star Vanessa Morgan Confirms Pregnancy Written Into Season 5
10. Tonight Is Shiny Snorunt Spotlight Hour In Pokémon GO
11. Richard Meyer Has Voluntarily Dismissed Lawsuit against Mark Waid
12. Ablaze Publish Maria Llovet's Eros/Psyche in March 2021
13. TMNT The Last Ronin Gets A Director's Cut As #2 Delayed Yet Again
14. Marvel Launches Black Knight Comic Ahead Of Kit Harington Playing Him
15. Batman/Superman Has The Poison Ivy Fans Want, Locked Up In The Past
16. DC Future State Gossip: Who Is That New Flash And What's Their Name?
17. Legion Of Super-Heroes #12 Delayed Into The Future – Until 2021
18. First Look: Witchblade 1/2 Reveals First Cavewoman Witchblade Bearer
19. Brits Can't Post Anything Abroad Right Now?
20. Looking For Clues In Brian Bendis' Final Action Comics #1028
21. When You Are A Comic Shop In Tier 4 Lockdown, London & the South East

LITG seven years ago…Outlander Book 9 was confirmed

And Playstation 5 wasn't coming in 2019

1. Diana Gabaldon Confirms Outlander Book 9 2019 Release Date
2. Did Sony Just Tease the PlayStation 5 for a 2019 Release?
3. Doctor Who: Rose Tyler – The Woman Who Saved the Doctor (VIDEO)
4. Doctor Who 'Resolution': Deconstructing the New Year Special's Trailer
5. Brian Bendis Confirms Lois Lane Comic by Greg Rucka?

Comic book industry birthdays

Comics folk are still getting older and still celebrating that special date.

• Joshua Williamson, writer on The Flash
• Gareb Shamus, founder of Wizard World and Wizard Magazine
• Jeff Whiting, artist on The Ferret, Prototype, Ultraforce, The Solution.
• Phil Felix, comic book letterer on Nam, Iron Man, Nick Fury, Ravage 2099
• Rick Magyar, artist on The Question, Vigilante, Crux, Fantastic Four, Exiles, Dungeons & Dragons
• Antonio Dee, creator of The Changeling
• Tony Caputo, publisher of NOW Comics
• Noel John Tominack, comic writer on Furrlough

If you are in comics and have a birthday coming up – or you know someone who has – get in touch at richjohnston@gmail.com.

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